She only meant to breathe in the blessings from whatever had been missing her, but when she feels the panicked breath blowing into her mouth, she stiffens in arms that hold her fast.
It's All Hallows' Eve. She remembers everything now.
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The air darkens, revealing what it has always contained. Ancestors rub their eyes, nod to the neighbors, their brooms sweeping the remnants of clouds aside for the hunter’s moon. A child who still believes in the invisible pokes her head through the window. She opens her mouth and all twenty-one grams of her soul drops out.
She only meant to breathe in the blessings from whatever had been missing her, but when she feels the panicked breath blowing into her mouth, she stiffens in arms that hold her fast. It's All Hallows' Eve. She remembers everything now.
Paul Freeman
28/10/2023 11:18:13 pm
Not sure I got everything, but I'm working on it.
Cheryl Snell
30/10/2023 03:22:14 pm
Thanks for reading this, Paul. I was intrigued by the quality of greensight--ability to see past and future things- in a Game of Thrones character, and thought to give it to the being in this story, who may or may not be human. Happy Halloween!
Sue Clayton
29/10/2023 12:34:26 am
Another soul becomes a victim of Halloween.
Cheryl Snell
30/10/2023 03:22:58 pm
Boo!
david milner
29/10/2023 02:04:08 pm
Intriguing, strange and rather beautiful.
Cheryl Snell
30/10/2023 03:23:45 pm
Thank you! I'll take it. Comments are closed.
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